PI-RADS Steering Committee: The PI-RADS Multiparametric MRI and MRI-directed Biopsy Pathway. Review uri icon

Overview

abstract

  • High-quality evidence shows that MRI in biopsy-naive men can reduce the number of men who need prostate biopsy and can reduce the number of diagnoses of clinically insignificant cancers that are unlikely to cause harm. In men with prior negative biopsy results who remain under persistent suspicion, MRI improves the detection and localization of life-threatening prostate cancer with greater clinical utility than the current standard of care, systematic transrectal US-guided biopsy. Systematic analyses show that MRI-directed biopsy increases the effectiveness of the prostate cancer diagnosis pathway. The incorporation of MRI-directed pathways into clinical care guidelines in prostate cancer detection has begun. The widespread adoption of the Prostate Imaging Reporting and Data System (PI-RADS) for multiparametric MRI data acquisition, interpretation, and reporting has promoted these changes in practice. The PI-RADS MRI-directed biopsy pathway enables the delivery of key diagnostic benefits to men suspected of having cancer based on clinical suspicion. Herein, the PI-RADS Steering Committee discusses how the MRI pathway should be incorporated into routine clinical practice and the challenges in delivering the positive health impacts needed by men suspected of having clinically significant prostate cancer.

publication date

  • June 11, 2019

Research

keywords

  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Interventional
  • Multiparametric Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Prostatic Neoplasms
  • Radiology Information Systems

Identity

PubMed Central ID

  • PMC6677282

Scopus Document Identifier

  • 85070116440

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

  • 10.1148/radiol.2019182946

PubMed ID

  • 31184561

Additional Document Info

volume

  • 292

issue

  • 2